Vito Russo

AKA:
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1946-07-11

Manhattan, New York, USA

Biography

Vito Russo was an American LGBT activist, film historian, and author. He is best remembered as the author of the book The Celluloid Closet, described in The New York Times as "an essential reference book" on homosexuality in the US film industry.

Crew Roles

The Celluloid Closet
Author
The Times of Harvey Milk
Other
Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {7}

Self

2011-10-14 6.923

Vito

In the aftermath of Stonewall, a newly politicized Vito Russo found his voice as a gay activist and critic of LGBTQ+ representation in the media. He went on to write "The Celluloid Closet", the first ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

1993-01-22 0

An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends

On January 22, 1993 at the historic Castro Theater in San Francisco, Lily Tomlin, Robin Williams, Harvey Fierstein, Marga Gomez, and Lypsinka performed a one-night only benefit for the making of the f ...
Genre :Comedy, TV Movie, Documentary

Himself

1992-03-18 0

Voices from the Front

In New York City, a distraught activist confronts the mayor with a story of a friend who languished on a cot in an emergency room hallway for nine days, only to die 48 hours after leaving the hospital ...
Genre :Documentary

Himself (archive footage)

2015-06-29 6.3

Larry Kramer In Love & Anger

From the onset of the AIDS epidemic, author Larry Kramer emerged as a fiery activist, an Old Testament-style prophet full of righteous fury who denounced both the willful inaction of the government an ...
Genre :History, Documentary

Self (archive footage)

2017-07-27 7.102

The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson

Describing herself as a 'street queen,' Johnson was a legendary fixture in New York City’s gay ghetto and a tireless voice for LGBT pride since the days of Stonewall, who along with fellow trans icon ...
Genre :Documentary

Storyteller (Story Subject: Jeffrey Sevcik)

1989-12-01 6.9

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

On the eve of 1987's Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, surviving families and friends of people who have died of AIDS prepare panels to be added to a large-scale memorial ...
Genre :History, Documentary

1974-06-26 7.105

A Very Natural Thing

When David, an ex-monk still in his twenties meets Mark, he falls hard; soon he's asked Mark if they can live together. Things go well for awhile, and then differences in their definition of "commitme ...
Genre :Drama, Romance